Antoni Palau Dulcet (Montblanc, 1867 – Barcelona, 1954), librarian and bibliographer, author of the monumental Manual del librero hispano americano[1] (Hispanic American bookseller Manual , (1923–1945), Conca de Barbera (1912),and numerous guides from "Montblanc, Poblet i la Conca" (1930–1932).
He is best known as the author of an indispensable[2] Manual del librero hispano-americano: inventario bibliográfico de la producción científica y literaria de España y de la América Latina desde la invención de la imprenta hasta nuestros días, con el valor comercial de todos los artículos descritos (1923–1945), en siete volúmenes ( Handbook of the Spanish-American bookseller: bibliographic survey of scientific and literary production of Spain and Latin America since the invention of printing to our days, with the market value of all the items described (1923–1945), in seven volumes).
[3] He also prepared bibliographies of Miguel de Cervantes and Francisco de Quevedo and an interesting autobiography, Memòries d'un llibreter català ( Memoirs of a Catalan bookseller ) (1935), which demonstrates his humanist spirit and Cultural altruistic desire.
On 31 July 1949, the mayor of the "Vila Ducal" , Jose Maria Abelló Barrios handed him the silver medal.
Antoni Palau i Dulcet i Josep Porter i Rovira: dos montblanquins apassionats pels llibres.